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Not entirely sure whether anybody will be able to help out here, but apparently there are 2 different versions of the score/soundtrack available. A single CD version (Y4CDBR01) and a 2 CD version (Y4BR01COMBO). I appreciate none of you here likely no any more than I do but I've sent an e-mail enquiring into the details of the order to Epic Records, as I'm certain I bought the 2CD version and yet my order seems to say otherwise. Is anyone else having this issue, or can anybody shed some light on what exactly is going on? The entire process of releasing the score seems to have been somewhat problematic.

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Hybrid Soldier

2017-10-01 15:03:23

Yeah no comment the whole thing is very amateurish...

No tracklist, no extracts, nothing, you basically don't know what you're buying (it could be 2 CDs of disco remixes of Vangelis' original theme for all we know... -_- lol)...

And then there's the "issue"... A friend had called the number to ask them they seemed to keep saying there was only one item (and yet didn't even seem sure)... So I guess people are getting the 2 CD anyway but... nothing's sure... It's a big "?" so far...

Marianelli-96

2017-10-01 15:14:41

Yeah I have to admit I'm a tad exasperated by the lack of information available regarding this release, but I suppose it's just a product of the record label having such little experience in releasing soundtracks. That being said; this is the score for a multi-million dollar film, so like you say, it does just come across as incredibly 'amateurish'. I really appreciate you taking the time to get back to me though, and in some ways I can take consolation in knowing I'm not the only one having problems here. Thanks so much!

Ahmad

2017-10-01 15:44:55

I don't think you need to worry about it. I pre-order it the very next day after it was announced and there is only one item to order which is the limited edition numbered 2-CD set. Don't know about the "Y4BR01COMBO" thing. Thought it might have to do with the MP3 copy but that has its own code.

Bolidzar

2017-10-02 19:48:22

There is only one release (thusfar). The Combo product number indicates the 2CD 2049 edition plus the download. The CD on its own is Y4CDBR01. The MP3 Product number is Y4CDBR01MP320

Anonymous

2017-10-03 20:59:43

WTF is this.. because the BR 2049 score has sold out, they will release a 2nd batch, which is limited to 2049 copies as well...

1)All the cues heard in the movie will not be in the official soundtrack, 2)Die hard fans will ask for complete track 3)Hybrid Soldier will list the bootleg tracks 4)Some will say download button is not working for bootlegs

Zimmer said in the Q&A that they were brought on board when Villeneuve just finished the first assembly cut, and the four of them (DV, editor Joe Walker,HZ and BW) watched it together all for the first time.

Kingfannypack

2017-10-03 21:39:21

Too many songs that aren't OST. I hope there are suites.

Poe

2017-10-03 21:42:14

Presley and Sinatra?! Pfft :/

Waymann

2017-10-03 22:00:13

Honestly I'm relieved it's only 5 songs (1 original song if I'm correct). Looking forward to it. Sounded like Wallfisch composed the main theme and did most of the work and Hans was more of a producer and fine-tuned the whole thing. Anyway I'm surprised Sia isn't doing a song for this film hahah.

JBSO99

2017-10-03 22:24:49

Wayman Luckily... (At least there are not many songs)

Also, I have a question, is this the 2CD or it's just one of the CDs? If this is just one of the CD maybe the other one are suites and so or, I hope not, some awful remixes.

PS: Have they played any samples in the facebook live streaming?

Anonymous

2017-10-03 22:36:50

No samples during the live. I wouldn’t call this a Q&A either because the host read the questions but turned them into another question of his own. Also Hans his colorful socks are a mystery to me, they pop up everything we see him. haha.

I have a question: Did Dennis Villeneuve approach both composers, or he approached Hans first, and then Hans chose Wallfisch as his partner? If it has happened that way, I am a bit surprised he didn't choose Tom Holkenborg who has praised Vangelis' score continuously and seems very experienced with this style of music...Of course I still consider Ben an excellent coice!

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Waymann

2017-10-03 15:18:57

I think it has to do something with Wallfisch his work on Dunkirk. I mean variation 15 sounds a bit like it could be in a Blade Runner movie...

Who else was involved with compositional duties/arrangements other than HZ and BW? I'm sure there must be some contributions by Andrew Kawczynski and Steve Mazzaro or? They would make a great team given the need for the electronic Vangelis vibe in this score.

That's not possible, because all written by Johannsson was over-written by Zimmer and Wallfisch

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Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-30 14:12:06

Yeah... BTW Villeneuve commented on Johannsson :

"The thing I will say is that making movies is a laboratory. It’s an artistic process. You cannot plan things. Jóhann Jóhannsson is one of my favorite composers alive today. He’s a very strong artist. But the movie needed something different, and I needed to go back to something closer to Vangelis. Johan and I decided that I will need to go in another direction—that’s what I will say. I hope I have the chance to work with him again because I think he’s really a fantastic composer."

Why do people always make such a big deal about the album cover? I heard the same for Dunkirk, Transformers 5, Game of Thrones season 7, etc... literally who cares? As long as the music is quality and the movie is great then I'm more than satisfied.

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Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-27 23:56:24

Yeah lol it's digital era, there will be 200 alternate fan covers all over the internet in no time... I prefer a bad cover of a released album than no release...

JBSO99

2017-09-28 09:25:35

Obviously, I think that most people prefer to have a release and the music to be great (as well as the movie), but if you can have that with a nice cover art, that's better, but it's not such a big deal to be complaining about.

Jsdamian

2017-09-28 15:37:27

I bought it from Spain already

Everan

2017-09-28 19:09:59

The OST is out in Spain already, Jsdamian?

Jsdamian

2017-09-28 21:47:08

no, I have reserved it through a web page, they send it to me from October 20

That is one bad ost cover... looks like someone just cropped the poster and added original soundtrack. The title is way too close to the bottom edge.

JBSO99

2017-09-27 23:23:13

2CD Edition! YASSS!Could the 6th of October come faster, please?

Anyway, the cover is not bad, at least for me, but something similar to the header of this webpage would have been better. But you just have to wait to the fan covers and they will surely bring something better.

Ahmad

2017-09-27 23:38:49

They had me at 2,049 copies and two freaking discs! Better be a nice digipak. Can't wait. Anyone else having issues completing their order?

Medigo

2017-09-28 00:01:14

Pray thats its not a repeat of the last SPECIAL bladerunner OST release

Paul

2017-09-28 00:22:52

This cover without the names of composers somehow implies that it might be one of those releases, full of songs that are not necessarily related to the movie? Just a thought... I hope it will not be like that though.

Mephariel

2017-09-28 01:10:43

Could it be they are legally not allowed to put Zimmer and Wallfisch's names in front?

Waymann

2017-09-28 08:53:11

Wondering how much people are going the say that Zimmer has lost his groove because this is going to be a atmospheric score like Dunkirk.

Any news on an OST release date? I hope this isn't another Ghost in the Shell. It would surprise me if a Zimmer release for a film this big was not released, but isn't the record label cutting it kind of close, with not even an announcement made with less than two weeks before the premiere?

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Saurabh

2017-09-25 08:16:53

Maybe coz the track titles are spoiler-ish.

Waymann

2017-09-25 08:33:06

This is score is easy money for the studio... Of course there will be a score release.

Ds

2017-09-25 09:24:14

They dont have to give track titles when they announce a release. Remember Dunkirk, the score was announced in advance but track names arrived on release day!

JBSO99

2017-09-25 09:28:03

I think this is even more expected than Dunkirk so a score release I think will definitely happen.

And this has been in the hands of Zimmer and Wallfisch for more than two months. GuyS was a different story because Lorne entered the project in the last month before the release.

JBSO99

2017-09-25 09:28:53

Sorry, I ment GitS*

Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-25 09:45:28

Still waiting for news. From what I heard, as the film is Alcon / Warner / Sony-Columbia co-production, WaterTower is not releasing the soundtrack, and neither is Sony. Alcon is... The thing is, I don't think they ever released a soundtrack on their own before lol... Might be why all this is taking a little time... But it's coming. :)

So, there's music in the Road to 2049 site, and it's pretty cool, but no idea if it's actual score. The lenght seems more like promo track for trailers.

Would be great to know where it's from, score or otherwise, because it's a great track and hope the score sounds like this!

Here's the site roadto2049. bladerunnermovie. com

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Max Potcats

2017-09-23 00:27:04

interessting... i really think it can be a HZ/ BW / JJ track, it doesn't sound that commercial and basic

Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-23 10:17:59

I have no idea, it's been there since July, could be...

Check the featurette that came out a few days ago, "The World of Blade Runner", in it I think is definitely score material !

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2017-09-23 16:39:56

There's an interview where the director talks about the score being brilliant and he says Walfischs name before Zimmers so we can guess that zimmer being busy with the tour didn't have time to do that much on this score so this will be a mostly wallfish score.

Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-23 16:55:08

Any link to that ITW ? :)

Yeah Hans probably wrote the main ideas and probably a bunch of the big cues but Wallfisch wrote a good chunk of it... :)

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2017-09-23 17:55:42

Here's the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBALBRBmDfg

He starts talking about the score, quite passionately, at 05:50:)

Yeah that's probably the case! I think Wallfish is a great composer so I am sure it'll sound great!

Also, even before the score is released for Blade Runner 2049 they all say it's going to be bad because Zimmer is scoring it instead of a composer who, let's be honest never proved he could do a movie with this kind of scale. Let's wait for the score the released maybe it's going to be great.

Edmund Meinerts

2017-09-19 13:03:01

This is a pretty dumb article. Zimmer isn't who needs to be stopped, it's the Hollywood execs who ask composers to copy him rather than develop their own original voices. We've heard from Steamboy what someone like Jablonsky can do, but 90% of the time when he gets hired it's to be a cheaper version of Zimmer. That's what needs to be stopped, not Zimmer himself.

Peter

2017-09-19 14:04:02

Hans delivers, and often goes beyond the directors imagination.however, a bad movie can't have a very good score.Give Hans something new, and he will deliver something new.Successful people are often being ask to repeat their previous succes, limiting their creativity. #stopthestophanszimmerpeople

meta

2017-09-19 14:10:05

His music is considered cost-effective and popular for the times...Honestly for Zimmer to go away the times would have to go away. Also factor in progress in technology which is slowly making regular instruments obsolete...

Edmund Meinerts

2017-09-19 14:12:05

"a bad movie can't have a very good score."

Bullshit!

Max Potcats

2017-09-19 18:59:16

Tron 2.

Macejko

2017-09-19 21:08:53

TRON 2 isn't a bad movie by any means, but I digress. I whole-heartedly agree with Edmund here; I could name dozens of bad movies with wonderful scores, and I'd say that the vast majority of them comes related to RCP.

Max Potcats

2017-09-19 22:12:29

oh yes! my bad... I understood the opposite of what Edmund was saying...And, yes, Tron 2 is not such a bad movie (partially thanks to the score :P )

Hans

2017-09-20 19:52:29

Daniel Pemberton seems like a twat.

Backbiter

2017-09-20 23:36:03

King Arthur is the perfect example. A terrible script but a great score

SPECTER

2017-09-22 04:25:12

I thoroughly enjoyed King Arthur. Good acting, Good Story, Incredible Score, perhaps underrated.

Please make this a melodic memorable score. I understand due the context of the film their will most likely be sound design. All I want is one or two beautiful melodical electronic themes like the original Vangelis theme for BR. Hope to hear an epic emotional action sound similar to CHAPPiEs action themes. Please don't make another Dunkirk type score.

Hybrid, is Zimmer/Wallfisch actually done with the score or are they still working on it?

Saurabh

2017-09-14 05:56:16

Hopefully we'll get some details by next week or so. I'm more curious to see what Wallfisch has done here coz I haven't heard his purely electronic sensibilities (if any).

Hybrid Soldier

2017-09-14 18:49:24

I can't say much because I don't know much... I think everyone involved has some crazy NDA so they can't talk about it.

But about what I know, the score has definitely been completed a while back. Hans & Ben started working on somewhere between april & june. Hans was on tour, but he spent his 15 days break in July 100% on it, and probably continued at the end of the tour in august. For the second LA HZ show, Denis Villeneuve was actually there.

So rescore ? Yes definitely... Last min rush job ? Nope.

David

2017-09-15 01:44:34

Oh, sh!t! Well that's great to hear! I'm now even more excited for the score! I absolutely cannot wait!

I *really* hope the inclusion of Wallfisch on this means it doesn't just go in the direction of BvS/Inferno/Dunkirk sound design.

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Edmund Meinerts

2017-09-14 13:13:08

I doubt it. Wallfisch is not a sound design guy, he's more classically inclined. In Dunkirk he was mostly in charge of the Elgar stuff, right?

James

2017-09-14 13:53:29

Yes.

JBSO99

2017-09-14 14:19:49

But the thing that Wallfisch is in this it does not mean that it is goin to be different because he was also in Dunkirk and BvS. Okay, he was more in charge of more melodic parts but that does not mean that there won't be any sound design.

Anyway, I also prefer synths with amore emotional and melodical feel than the sound design, and in this movie fits better the mlodic parts, I think.

There has to be release. Hans Zimmer and epic sci-fi but no release? I can't believe that.

The only thing I can think of is if there are some legal issues with Johannson.

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KurosawaFan

2017-09-14 05:41:42

so, is Johannson completely out of the picture?! I was SO looking forward to hearing what he'd come-up with...

JBSO99

2017-09-14 07:07:58

KurosawaFan Johannsson is definitely out of the project, but I'm not sure if Zimmer and Wallfisch will keep some of his score or his themes or if they are restoring completely.I was also looking forward what he could bring to this movie, but Zimmer and Wallfisch are surely creating an amazing score.